Drachen und Sirenen : die Rationalisierung und Abwicklung der Mythologie an den europäischen Universitäten /

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Author / Creator:Roling, Bernd, 1972-
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Description:1 online resource (xiii, 816 pages)
Language:German
Series:Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ; v. 42
Mittellateinische Studien und Texte ; Bd. 42.
Subject:Animals, Mythical -- Europe -- Identification -- History.
Natural history -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Europe.
Animals, Mythical, in literature.
Demonology -- Europe -- History.
RELIGION -- Cults.
Animals, Mythical, in literature.
Demonology.
Natural history -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Fabeltiere
Mischwesen
Mythos
Rezeption
Antike
Universität.
Europe.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11259769
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Other authors / contributors:Roling, Bernd, 1972-
ISBN:9789004189423
9004189424
1283039303
9781283039307
9789004185203
9004185208
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 669-763 and indexes.
Print version record.
Summary:What kind of being did a sailor see, when he was confronted with a mermaid? A demon, a fairy, a monster, or only an extraordinary marine mammal? Transmitted by the tradition of ancient natural history the European universities faced many creatures belonging to natural science as well as to mythology, which still could be observed throughout the world. While medieval sholarship treated those beings as subjects for demonology, early modern scholars started to rationalize the sirens and satyrs and developed new models of explanation. Throughout hundreds of academical disputations the debate on hy.
Other form:Print version: Roling, Bernd, 1972- Drachen und Sirenen. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010 9789004185203